free "hecho en tejas" fiesta @ rose marine tomorrow
tammy gomez writes:
Hey, I just got back from our HECHO EN TEJAS event at UTA, sponsored by CMAS (Center for Mexican-American Studies). It was awesome. Tomorrow's party to celebrate the book and introduce you to some of its authors will be pretty cool too. We got cases & cases of donated beer to share w/ you and some slammin' Tejano/a lit tambien.
FREE!!
besitos, TammyG
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“Hecho en Tejas: Palabras del Barrio” to celebrate the release of new anthology of Texas Mexican literature with author readings & reception
What: Reading/performance/booksigning/reception
When: Friday, April 13th, 7:30pm - 9pm
Where: Rose Marine Theater, 1440 N. Main Street, 817.624.8333
Cost: Free admission/open to the public
HECHO EN TEJAS (UNM Press, 2007) is a groundbreaking collection of literature by Mexican-Americans in Texas which was released on February 10th of this year.
The event, titled "HECHO EN TEJAS: Palabras del Barrio", will feature readings and performances by six authors from the anthology--including editor Dagoberto Gilb.
A video-poem by poet Tonantzin Canestaro-Garcia will be screened, and a performance by Austin musician David Garza (whose lyrics are included in the anthology), will also be presented.
Special guests: Tony Diaz & Daniel Gomez of GOODWIN.
Copies of HECHO EN TEJAS will be available for purchase during the reception and booksigning in the gallery. (30 bucks a copy.)
AUTHOR/ARTIST BIOS:
Six authors and performers will represent HECHO EN TEJAS at the Rose Marine Theater event:
Dagoberto Gilb (Austin) is the editor of Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature. He is also the author of four books of fiction and nonfiction, including the 1994 PEN/Hemingway Award-winning The Magic of Blood, as well as The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña, Woodcuts of Women, and Gritos He currently is on the faculty of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas.
Macarena Hernández (Dallas) is an editorial columnist for The Dallas Morning News. She has co-produced a PBS/Frontline World documentary for PBS and written for publications such as The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. She is a graduate of Baylor University and earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.
Christine Granados (El Paso) is the author of the short story collection Brides and Sinners in El Chuco (2006). She works as a freelance journalist and is a recipient of the 2006 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award. She earned an M.F.A. from Texas State University in San Marcos.
Tammy Gomez (Fort Worth) is a small-press publisher (Tejana Tongue Press), activist, and arts educator. A 2007 Texas Medal of Arts award nominee, she graduated from Goucher College (Maryland) in 1985. Her literary performance works include the award-winning “Maya Matematica” and “Malinchuca”.
Davíd Garza (Austin) is a critically acclaimed musician with a mastery of many styles and has released numerous CDs including: “This Euphoria,” “Overdub,” “The Four Track Manifesto” and “A Strange Mess of Flowers.”
José Angel Gutiérrez (Arlington), professor of Political Science at UTA, is the author of several nonfiction books, including “The Making of a Civil Rights Leader”, which is included on the New York Public Library’s list of “Books for the Teen Age 2007.”
For more information:
Dallas Morning News book review by Tom Dodge
Houston Chronicle book review
Texas House of Representatives Declare “Hecho en Tejas” Day
Texas State University - San Marcos article
Texas Observer article by HECHO EN TEJAS editor Dagoberto Gilb
Hey, I just got back from our HECHO EN TEJAS event at UTA, sponsored by CMAS (Center for Mexican-American Studies). It was awesome. Tomorrow's party to celebrate the book and introduce you to some of its authors will be pretty cool too. We got cases & cases of donated beer to share w/ you and some slammin' Tejano/a lit tambien.
FREE!!
besitos, TammyG
_________________________________________________________
“Hecho en Tejas: Palabras del Barrio” to celebrate the release of new anthology of Texas Mexican literature with author readings & reception
What: Reading/performance/booksigning/reception
When: Friday, April 13th, 7:30pm - 9pm
Where: Rose Marine Theater, 1440 N. Main Street, 817.624.8333
Cost: Free admission/open to the public
HECHO EN TEJAS (UNM Press, 2007) is a groundbreaking collection of literature by Mexican-Americans in Texas which was released on February 10th of this year.
The event, titled "HECHO EN TEJAS: Palabras del Barrio", will feature readings and performances by six authors from the anthology--including editor Dagoberto Gilb.
A video-poem by poet Tonantzin Canestaro-Garcia will be screened, and a performance by Austin musician David Garza (whose lyrics are included in the anthology), will also be presented.
Special guests: Tony Diaz & Daniel Gomez of GOODWIN.
Copies of HECHO EN TEJAS will be available for purchase during the reception and booksigning in the gallery. (30 bucks a copy.)
AUTHOR/ARTIST BIOS:
Six authors and performers will represent HECHO EN TEJAS at the Rose Marine Theater event:
Dagoberto Gilb (Austin) is the editor of Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature. He is also the author of four books of fiction and nonfiction, including the 1994 PEN/Hemingway Award-winning The Magic of Blood, as well as The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña, Woodcuts of Women, and Gritos He currently is on the faculty of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas.
Macarena Hernández (Dallas) is an editorial columnist for The Dallas Morning News. She has co-produced a PBS/Frontline World documentary for PBS and written for publications such as The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. She is a graduate of Baylor University and earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.
Christine Granados (El Paso) is the author of the short story collection Brides and Sinners in El Chuco (2006). She works as a freelance journalist and is a recipient of the 2006 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award. She earned an M.F.A. from Texas State University in San Marcos.
Tammy Gomez (Fort Worth) is a small-press publisher (Tejana Tongue Press), activist, and arts educator. A 2007 Texas Medal of Arts award nominee, she graduated from Goucher College (Maryland) in 1985. Her literary performance works include the award-winning “Maya Matematica” and “Malinchuca”.
Davíd Garza (Austin) is a critically acclaimed musician with a mastery of many styles and has released numerous CDs including: “This Euphoria,” “Overdub,” “The Four Track Manifesto” and “A Strange Mess of Flowers.”
José Angel Gutiérrez (Arlington), professor of Political Science at UTA, is the author of several nonfiction books, including “The Making of a Civil Rights Leader”, which is included on the New York Public Library’s list of “Books for the Teen Age 2007.”
For more information:
Dallas Morning News book review by Tom Dodge
Houston Chronicle book review
Texas House of Representatives Declare “Hecho en Tejas” Day
Texas State University - San Marcos article
Texas Observer article by HECHO EN TEJAS editor Dagoberto Gilb
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